A Mendelian genetic disorder which is caused by more than a single genetic factor, is defined as genetically heterogeneous. In inter-locus heterogeneity, defects at different genes are responsible for the disease, whereas in intra-locus heterogeneity, different mutant alleles of the same gene, cause the disease. This study analyzed the genetic heterogeneity in two genetic diseases in the Jewish...

The first Jewish medical graduates at the University of Padua qualified in the fifteenth century. Indeed, Padua was the only medical school in Europe for most of the medieval period where Jewish students could study freely. Though Jewish students came to Padua from many parts of Europe the main geographical sources of its Jewish students were the Venetian lands. However, the virtual Padua monop...

The current paper explores the salience and impact of ethnic and national identities for immigrants that are negotiating more than two cultures. Specifically, we were interested in the ways in which Jewish immigrant adolescents from the former Soviet Union integrate their Russian, Jewish, and American identities, and to what extent identification with these three cultures predicts adaptation to...

Abstract Literary sources of the classical era (first-fifth centuries), both Greco-Roman and Jewish, indicate that snakes were used for different purposes, such as medicine, raw materials manufacturing objects, pets. This article discusses use to deal with pests in ancient homes reflected Talmudic well literature. The Jerusalem Talmud (Yerushalmi) brings a story how house snake helped family lo...

The name-based surnames of the Jews in Piotrków are structurally different. Their derivative basis consists mainly Old Testament names different (linguistic) forms, but also Yiddish form. Among most common were Jacob, Moses and Izaak. anthroponyms territory formed with suffixes origin, Slavic German descent. Jewish represent cognitive categories person kinship. prototype model derived from male...

Abstract The Testimony of Truth ( NHC IX ,3) is characterized by polemic against other Christians and certain aspects Judaism, shows familiarity with Jewish textual traditions. One such case a narrative surrounding Solomon’s building the Jerusalem temple help demons, who are incarcerated in water jars released Roman armies, unknowingly perform an act purification on demon-infected space. This p...

contrary to other jewish communities of iran, kashan’s jewish community has undergone positive social and political developments during qajar period. although they could never enjoy equal social privileges as citizens, in comparison to other iranian jews and comparing the safavid period, they made considerable achievements in social relationships and political experience. the present research f...

Diverse species exhibit cultural traditions, i.e. population-specific profiles of socially learned traits, from songbird dialects to primate tool-use behaviours. However, only humans appear to possess cumulative culture, in which cultural traits increase in complexity over successive generations. Theoretically, it is currently unclear what factors give rise to these phenomena, and consequently ...